colonies

Examines the life and achievements of the Indian slave holder who later defended the rights of the Native Americans to the Catholic Church and the Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth century.

Covers the discovery and conquest of Latin America by Spain, colonialism, and independence. Also provides an overview of the twentieth-century scene.

A quick reference to the history of Colonial and Revolutionary America with cross-references and bibliographies.

Describes what life was like in the first French colonies in the Americas.

History of Spain, Latin America and the Hispanic United States.

Discusses the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the political maneuverings of Napoleon and Jefferson that made it possible.

Describes the life of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French adventurer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac, discussing his founding of Detroit, his governance of Louisiana, interactions between Europeans and Native Americans at this time, and conflicts between the French and British in America.

An illustrated overview of colonialism that describes its origins and major figures and events in its history, covering the Americas, India, Africa, and Vietnam.

Willie, the child of a brahmin father and low caste mother, moves to London as an adult where he is able to hide the circumstances of his birth but loses all sense of himself, a fact that becomes clear after he moves to Africa with his mixed-race lover.

Discusses the beginning of the conflict in Vietnam from the early struggle for independence from French colonizers to the start of America's involvement in the 1950s.